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enTeachers Teaching Teachers #211 - A Real Team Challenge: Spill! 07.28.10http://www.edtechtalk.com/node/4812
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</object><br />61:31 minutes (14.08 MB)<p>This summer, we could feel the energy growing around teachers building curriculum about the BP oil spill. This episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers one example. This conversation is part of our ongoing series of podcasts focused on collecting stories, ideas, curriculum, connections, and resources that will help us teach about the Gulf oil spill this fall. Our guests include:</p>
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<li>Teachers who worked together on project plans, <a href="http://pblcamp.pbworks.com/It-Affects-Us-All!" target="_blank">It Affects Us All</a>, in Suzie Boss&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/project-based-learning-camp-edutopia-conclusion" target="_blank">Problem-based Learning camp</a> at Edutopia join us.</li>
<li>We are also joined by Andy Rosenbloom, Program Director for the <a href="http://www.virtualteamchallenge.com/home.php" target="_blank">Virtual Team Challenge: Spill!</a> Andy writes:</li>
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<p>Even though you&rsquo;re busy this summer with countless poolside BBQs, it&rsquo;s never too early to plan ahead for Fall semester curriculum.The Virtual Team Challenge is an entirely FREE online, multiplayer business simulation that takes place in the animated 3D world of New City. The team objective in the simulation is to help the mayor stage the most efficient oil spill recovery effort. Top-performing teams are eligible for prizes for themselves, their teachers, and local charities! Virtual Team Challenge will run this Fall from October 12 &ndash; November 24. See our <a href="http://www.brandgames.com/deloitte_email/avatarsGoToSchool.pdf" target="_blank"><img hspace="10" height="148" align="right" width="450" vspace="10" src="http://www.virtualteamchallenge.com/images/spill_Banner_Home.jpg" alt="" />article in The New York Times</a> to read about one NJ teacher&rsquo;s success with the program. Virtual Team Challenge comes complete with lesson plans and in-class exercises which form a curriculum that highlights general business acumen, business ethics, negotiation skills, decision-making processes and accounting while placing a special emphasis on important life/career skills such as teamwork, communication, professionalism and research methods. Register now at <a href="http://www.virtualteamchallenge.com/wrapper.php?pg=bg-form" target="_blank">www.virtualteamchallenge.com</a>.</p>
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<li>Teachers from the Gulf join us as well. Even though on this show we feature teachers and resources from &quot;elsewhere,&quot; it is always a welcomed moment when we can hear from our new friends from along the Gulf Coast.</li>
<li>Oh, if you listen to the end, you'll catch Bill Fitzgerald who had just put up <a href="http://voicesonthegulf.org" target="_blank">Voices on the Gulf</a> hours before this webcast.</li>
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<p>If you haven't joined us at <a href="http://voicesonthegulf.org/user/register" target="_blank">Voices on the Gulf</a> and at <a href="http://youthvoices.net/user/register" target="_blank">Youth Voices</a>, please consider joining now. These are the best ways for keeping up with the work of this community of teachers represented on this podcast this fall.<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</object><br />45:36 minutes (10.44 MB)<p>Obama seems to have missed another opportunity in a major address that he gave about the BP oil spill last month (<a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100615/NEWS07/100615070/Prepared-text-of-Obama\-s-speech-on-oil-spill&amp;template=fullarticle" target="_blank">June 15</a>). Earlier he was right to call the Gulf Oil Disaster our<a target="_blank" href="http://www.grist.org/article/2010-06-14-obama-labels-oil-spill-an-environmental-9-11/"> environmental 9/11</a>. Both are life-changing disasters that have many of us asking where we need to stop compromising.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/phylomon/4596217928/" target="_blank"><img hspace="10" align="right" vspace="10" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4596217928_ee35a509f3.jpg" alt="" /></a>On Teachers Teaching Teachers this summer, we are asking what needs to change in our schools and in our lives as teachers. We hope that <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/opinion/19friedman.html">Thomas L. Friedman&rsquo;s comments in May 2010</a> won&rsquo;t be the last word on the 9/11 comparison. &ldquo;Sept. 11, 2001, was one of those rare seismic events that create the possibility to energize the country to do something really important and lasting that is too hard to do in normal times.&rdquo;</p>
<p>On this episode of <a target="_blank" href="http://teachersteachingteachers.org/?feed=rss2">Teachers Teaching Teachers</a>, we talked about what we can do now that we might not have done before this disaster or failure. This is the second of a series of shows we will be doing on the Gulf oil disaster.</p>
<p>In the previous podcast (<a href="http://edtechtalk.com/node/4798" target="_blank">TTT 204</a>), we had a thoughtful, productive conversation with history teacher Diana Laufenberg<b> </b>about responses in our curriculum to the Gulf Oil Disaster.&nbsp; One of her ideas was to set up Skype connections for our students with people in Gulf states to personalize and more deeply understand the impact of this ongoing disaster. To move this idea forward, we were joined by teacher-consultants from the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/programs/slwp/about/index.html">Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project</a>&nbsp; &mdash; <span><b>Carolyn Kirk</b>, <strong>Tasha Whitton</strong>, and <b>Ellen Steigman</b> &mdash; on this podcast.</span></p>
<p><span> </span>On this podcast, we wre also be joined by teachers <strong>Matt Montagne</strong> and <strong>Andrea Zellne</strong>r &mdash; two of our favorite angry, young environmentalists!</p>
<p><span>Won&rsquo;t you join us too?</span> We will continue our conversations about what needs to change all summer on Teachers Teaching Teachers. <span>We want to know what you are thinking. Join us in the chat room or get ready to join us on Skype at <a target="_blank" href="../../../../../../live">http://EdTechTalk.com/live</a> at 9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific USA Wednesdays / 01:00 UTC Thursdays <a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timeanddate.com%2Fworldclock%2Ffixedtime.html%3Fmonth%3D8%26amp%3Bday%3D16%26amp%3Byear%3D2007%26amp%3Bhour%3D01%26amp%3Bmin%3D0%26amp%3Bsec%3D0%26amp%3Bp1%3D0&amp;ust=1276656513298000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGSj9OSM5lSGHwhSijB89mmx8Y6HA">World Times</a></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.edtechtalk.com/node/4799" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.edtechtalk.com/node/4799#commentsTeachers Teaching TeachersAndrea ZellnerBP failureCarolyn KirkcurriculumEllen SteigmanGulf oil disasterGulf oil spillLouisianaMatt MontagnePaul AllisonplanningscienceSoutheastern Louisiana Writing ProjectSusan EttenheimTasha WhittonWritingYouthSpill45:36Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:21:08 +0000Paul Allison4799 at http://www.edtechtalk.com